Kevyn Aucoin blush & highlight haul

Kevyn Aucoin is one of my all time favourite high end luxury makeup brands. I just can never go wrong with them (minus the neo setting powder which in all honest was a fail and a half), as the products are pigmented, creamy and the packaging is to die for - as expected from the king of makeup.  I picked up two blushers in Fira (a beautiful red), and Pravela (a sweet warm toned pink). Two of their celestial skin liquid lightenings in starlight and candlelight. As well as their highlighting powder in star light. Reviews will be coming soon, as I'm curios to see whether the £42 liquid highlighters are worth the money when theres so many affordable liquid highlighters on the market now.
Honestly did I need to splash out? no I was a sucker for the packaging and whilst I was supposed to be on a no spending spree. I'm ashamed to say I did purchase this mainly for the aesthetic value and cuteness.

Summer & Holiday favourites

I haven't posted in a while because of holiday stuff - I went to spain at the end of June and I'm actually going back tomorrow but I definitely wanted to squeeze in a post of some of the summer favourites I'm loving throughout the hot season especially when on holiday.

As we all know, spf is vital and although tanning is huge during summer essentially it's skin damage - but since I'm already brown I don't need to tan and get darker so I use a pretty high spf of 45. The  Missha all around safe sunblock essence is my current favourite for my face because it's so light and not thick or heavy like body sunblock.

I also have been wearing the & other stories moire green nail polish which is the loveliest light sea foam green and looks especially amazing in the summer season.

I have two blush products I've been using non stop - first off is the Kevyn Aucoin creamy glow duo which I feel like I go on about...It's just so tiny and easy to travel with and the two shades are perfect for summer. Although I prefer cream blushes to powder blushes in general, I have been adoring the bobbi brown shimmer brick in rose. Although I think the Nectar shade is way more suited for summer because of the beautiful coral-peach shades. But the reason I've been loving the shimmer brick is because it gives both a beautiful blush and highlight at the same time so you can achieve that sun kissed look with just one product! Also the shimmer isn't chunky glitter it's very finely milled and smooth which compliments the skin nicely.

For the lips I've been using the dior lip glow a lot, because it has spf 15, tints the lips and is pretty much lip balm. Although it doesn't offer much colour I've been reaching for it a lot for some reason!

The Prada Candy perfume is my go to summer scent - I won't try to explain the scent because it will just confuse you, although it is supposed to be in the "warm spicy" fragrance family (whatever that means). I just love this scent because it's not overpowering but very feminine and lingers on you for a long time which I love because I always feel like perfume fades rapidly on me although whether it actually does I'm not sure.

Finally, the Skin79 seaweed cooling mask is a hydrating and cooling wash off face mask. Although this doesn't do miraculous wonders the skin it definitely does hydrate and cool the skin which does help if you've got sunburned. I do use this a lot because it's a very simple mask and doesn't irritate my skin and it's nice to use a simple mask!

So those are my favourite summer and holiday products so far!

I hope you enjoyed this post x

Favourites #1 - April

This is the first favourites post I've done! Ironically I don't actually have that many favourites this month since my skins been acting up so I've not really ventured out of my safety blanket and used minimal products.

That being said I have been loving and using a lot of the Kevin Aucoin creamy glow duo (which I reviewed in my last post). At first I was all for Pravelle, the rosy pink shade, but now I'm lusting over Janelle which is more of a dusty pinky/peach as it leaves a lovely glow to the skin.

The Lord & Berry smudeproof eyeliner is 720 sand, is just a bronzy brown eyeliner stick. It's not too creamy and but not too hard, so I use it both on my eyes or on my waterline. It's not as harsh as black eyeliner or eyeshadow but still gives a little somethin' somethin' to your eyes. 

Skin wise, my skin has been horrendous well, horrendous for me as I broke out a bit. So I stopped using a lot of my usual makeup and focused on simple skincare. The laneige balancing emulsion is something I've had for ages and forgot about, it's so moisturising and simple so I've stopped using a complex routine and just stuck to this and treatment products/masks. Which has definitely helped since my skin's recovered now. Also just to mentioned, the La roche posay thermal spring water is another thing I've been loving for a long time now so thought I'd mention. This is great for all skin types and you literally just spray and a fine mist of thermal water sprays your face it's just great I love it.

Lip wise, I've rediscovered my love for the korres lip butter in quince. It's moisturising, pigmented and buttery. Definitely a handbag must have. As for my fingers, I've been using this & other stories nail polish in Moire Green quite a lot. It's a lovely really pale green that I think would compliment all skin tones when on.

I guess that's all, this is my first favourites so I do hope you enjoy it!

Kevyn Aucoin creamy glow duo #2 review

Here's the first review from my latest haul!. I've been lusting after the Kevin Aucoin products (aka candle light and sculpting powder I'm lookin' at you). Buuuut, I did notice this on the SpaceNK site for £19 which I thought was just such a steal. Because first off, I couldn't decide which "creamy glow" I wanted, so why not try to colours whilst I'm at it?! It'd be rude not too...

So as you can tell from the title, this is cream blusher, it feels like butter - way creamier then other cream blushers I've tried and actually it's more like the lip & cheek products consistency, very smooth and balm like. Pravella is the deep rose pink and Janelle is the peachy pink with slightly darker undertones. These are such dreamy colours which I'm sure would suit most if not all skin tones. Don't be intimidated by the strong swatch colours, when they're on your cheeks they're very sheer and need building up, so you can get the exact amount of colour you want. 

For the price of £19, 4.5g of product does seem quite expensive since the product is very small, about half the size of an iPhone 4s for reference.  But to travel or just to try the Kevyn Aucoin creamy cheek blushers without paying the full £30, I would highly recommend this. I cannot fault the product, both colours look and feel lovely on the skin. They have good lasting power, and really give you the dewy look which I, personally, adore. They apply easily too, with your fingers works best in my opinion.

The only major qualm I have with this product is the difference in sizes, I mean why? what would happen if I preferred pravella and not Janelle? what then Kevin Aucoin.

The creamy glow duo has become an instant hit!

Haul: SpaceNK, Origins, Illamasqua, Kevyn Aucoin, Hourglass!